The Seven Seat

<P>Harvard University coach and acclaimed rowing author Dan Boyne tells a humorous story of his first year of freshman crew including a sub plot of personal redemption against an insufferable football player who has bullied him throughout high school.<BR /><BR />After being accepted at Trinity College in Hartford CT Boyne decides to take up rowing the only sport that takes place far off campus on the adventurous waters of The Connecticut River. There he quickly experiences the unique rigors rewards and colorful personalities of the sport not knowing that his nemesis has decided to try out for crew at rival school Coast Guard Academy. <BR /><BR />As racing season approaches Boyne becomes part of an exceptional freshman lightweight boat with high hopes to win the National Championships in Philadelphia that year but his final fears are realized when he discovers that his old high school archenemy is also doing well and rowing in the very same position as he is—the seven seat.</P><P></P><P>The authors previous book <I>The Red Rose Crew </I>earned a starred <I>Kirkus </I>review and became a <I>Boston Globe</I> bestseller in 2001.</P> <BR /><P>In 2008 Dan was awarded first prize in the category of biography in the Premier Book Awards for<I> Kelly</I>.</P> <BR /><P>Motion picture rights for <I>The Red Rose Crew </I>have been sold and the script is now being written. </P>